Chiwetel Ejiofor & Lupita Nyong’o nominated at British Academy Film Awards

Nigerian–British actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong’o have been nominated at the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards.

Chiwetel and Lupita were nominated for their role in the movie, ’12 Years a Slave’ – Ejiofor stared as Solomon Northup, while Lupita was casted as Patsey.

Chiwetel is up for the ‘Best Actor’ category, while Lupita was nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ and ‘Rising Star’ categories.

Also, the director of the movie, 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen also got nominated in the Best Director category.